1 Corinthians 8:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Cross References

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

Romans 14:17

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:13

*Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,* but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Hebrews 13:9

Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.